Is there a case for anyone besides Jordan as GOAT?

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Kareem doesn't really have a case because he missed playoffs in consecutive years during his prime.He also only won with the greatest PGs in the game at the time.Rookie Magic closed out the series without him and after that Kareem wasn't really the guy on the team for any other title.

Lebron failed to deliver on multiple occasions.

Bill has a case if you just look at the winning, but it was so long ago.

Imo, Wilt has the best case if you just look at the ability, he was an absolute monster.

I think because he was just discussed sooo much people starting taking Jordan for granted and forgot just how perfect he was

Perfect?

Three first round exits, including two sweeps.Two second round exits.Two third round exits.Quit on his team during his prime. One of those second round exits came when he returned from his gambling suspen...baseball fantasy camp and got bounced by Shaq's Magic 4-2 (people forget he wasn't out two full seasons, he came back to play over a month [17 games] before the playoffs). Again, he quit on his team (twice).Missing the playoffs in the east for two seasons while with the Wizards.Played for the Wizards.That's 10 seasons he missed the Finals (9 he played and the 1 he skipped out on). I'm not counting the three seasons he didn't play between the Bulls and Wizards, which could be counted if you want to paint it worse.

He's on the Mount Rushmore of greatest NBA players of all time and he's in the #1 position there too, but he wasn't perfect.

If you want to make a case to say he's not the GOAT, you could form the argument. Magic/Bird/Lebron are amazing all-around basketball players. They were/are 10-tool players that could play and defend any position (Lebron can't shoot free throws and it wasn't he lost to the Mavs did he realize he needed to play with anger more, so he's not perfect either). Not saying MJ was trash, but he wasn't able to do EVERYTHING like them. In today's game, maybe that's not necessary since there are no more big men to defend, but within his era, he couldn't do it all like they could. Also, MJ wasn't that great from three (32% career). Of course, it was a different era and players weren't supposed to be jacking up threes every other possession. We'll never know how he'd play in this three dominant era (he'd probably adapt with ease, but there's no guarantee). Also, Kobe was damn close to MJ, since they played the same position and had the same mentality.

He's still the GOAT and this is coming from a Cleveland/Lebron fan. However, the gap between MJ and the rest of the field isn't as big as everyone thinks.